So my local Harbor Freight finally had one of their little $30 belt sanders in stock. I went by at lunch of Friday and was so excited, I took the rest of the day off! My M43 and Heather's AK are scary choppers 
The M43 had almost flat bevels and maybe 1/5 of an in at the edge was convexed by hand. Now the entire bevel is evenly convexed. I took it to 120 grit on the sander and then polished by hand up to 600 grit on both the blades. I just THOUGHT they were sharp before. I haven't done the YCS yet, but it's on the list! All my kitchen knives are scary too...
Wanted to get some advice on doing the YCS from some of you who have belt sanders. I'm going to convex the YCS and one of the kardas. The other I want to put a scandi grind on. Any advice on doing this? I'm going by hand as the table only rotates to 45 degrees. How do I keep the bevels straight? Just go slow and light?
The M43 had almost flat bevels and maybe 1/5 of an in at the edge was convexed by hand. Now the entire bevel is evenly convexed. I took it to 120 grit on the sander and then polished by hand up to 600 grit on both the blades. I just THOUGHT they were sharp before. I haven't done the YCS yet, but it's on the list! All my kitchen knives are scary too...Wanted to get some advice on doing the YCS from some of you who have belt sanders. I'm going to convex the YCS and one of the kardas. The other I want to put a scandi grind on. Any advice on doing this? I'm going by hand as the table only rotates to 45 degrees. How do I keep the bevels straight? Just go slow and light?
